Is Loures safe? Portugal travel risk
Is Loures safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Loures scores 23/100 on our travel risk index (Low). The US State Department rates Portugal Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 23 Dec 2025); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Loures scores 23/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Portugal (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Loures: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (24/100) and natural hazards (38/100).
A score of 23 is higher than the scores of 12% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Portugal travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Loures belongs to Lisboa (Portugal), centered at coordinates 38.8309° N, 9.1684° W (23 m above sea level). Distance to Lisbon is 13.5 km towards the SSE.
Lisboa
38.8309° N, 9.1684° W
23 m
Europe/Lisbon
201,632
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Portugal
Climate by Month
Hottest: August (27 °C avg high); Wettest: November (104 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Low °C | 10° | 9° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 77 | 74 | 72 | 51 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 64 | 104 | 85 |
Normals: Lisbon (13.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Loures happened in March and December (4 of 7 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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